The Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft EVG ("railway and transport union") is a German trade union with approximately 240,000 members.

It was founded on November 30, 2010 in Fulda

Fulda

Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district .- Early Middle Ages :...

 as an unification of the existing unions Transnet

TRANSNET Gewerkschaft

TRANSNET, which stands for Transport, Service, and Networks, was a trade union in Germany and one of eight industrial affiliations of the German Confederation of Trade Unions.Since autumn 2005 TRANSNET worked together with the "rival" union GDBA....

 (210,000 members) and GDBA

Verkehrsgewerkschaft GDBA

The Verkehrsgewerkschaft GDBA was a German trade union.It was founded on May 23, 1948 in North Rhine-Westphalia as "Gewerkschaft Deutscher Bundesbahnbeamten und Anwärter" and was a member of the German Civil Service Federation.Since autumn 2005 GDBA worked together with the "rival" union...

 (30,000 members), which collaborated since 2005.

The EVG ia a member of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB).

Like both Transnet and GDBA was also EVG is affiliated to the European branch of the International Transport Workers' Federation

International Transport Workers' Federation

The International Transport Workers' Federation is a global union federation of transport workers' trade unions, founded in 1896. In 2009 the ITF had 654 member organizations in 148 countries, representing a combined membership of 4.5 million workers....

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External links

• http://www.evg-online.org -- official page
• http://www.evg-online.org/EVG/wir/index_html/ -- about foundation (German)
• http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online/index.cfm/newsdetail/5433 -- about foundation (English)